Authorities are on the lookout for 45-year-old psychiatric patient who escaped custody Wednesday while in Portland for a visit to the OHSU hospital Pain Clinic.

Officials from the Oregon State Hospital said the man is Danny Stebbins. He is 5 feet 9, 183 pounds, has blond hair and blue eyes. When last seen at the clinic, 3303 S.W. Bond Ave., he was wearing tan shorts, a white T-shirt and was carrying a tan backpack. The clinic is in the new South Waterfront neighborhood, near the lower terminal for the Portland Tram.

Officials said Stebbins, who is from Jackson County in southern Oregon, is not believed to be a danger to himself or others. But they say that anyone who sees him should not approach him. Instead, they are asked to call Oregon State Police at 1-800-452-7888.

Stebbins walked out of the clinic while the staff member watching him went to the restroom. Stebbins was admitted to the State Hospital on June 4, 2008, as a forensic commitment on a conviction of robbery II in Jackson County.